Initial attempts In 1972, aged nine, Jenny Fulle attempted to sign up for
Mill Valley Little League in
Marin County, California, but was denied on the basis of her gender. In February 1973, now aged 10, Fulle was again denied her application to join the Mill Valley Little League. She called the American League President,
Pete Wolffe, who confirmed the rejection of her request. Fulle also contacted "a lot of ladies" involved with Little League for assistance, but continued to be barred by male officials. Undeterred, Fulle wrote a letter to U.S. President
Richard Nixon in March, stating that, "Most girls who even want to try out are good enough to at least make minor without any trouble. I sincerely hope you will do something." Following this decision, Fulle and the other girls attended a Mill Valley city council meeting the following week, on June 18, assisted by the
National Organization for Women (NOW) and the
American Civil Liberties Union. Asked by Mayor Jean Barnard why she did not want to play softball with the other girls, Fulle replied: "Girls are expected to play with dolls. We don’t have that much experience playing baseball. But that doesn’t mean that we can't. I haven’t played with dolls since I was seven years old." After a 90-minute hearing, with a 3-2 vote, the council decided to inform the national Little League organization that it would not be allowed back to Mill Valley the following year unless it ended its ban of girls. On December 3, 1973, following an appeal from the presidents of the two Mill Valley Little Leagues, R. Bruce Williams and Sam Loy, the Mill Valley City Council overturned their previous decision with a unanimous vote, allowing Little League teams to play one more season on city-owned playgrounds without allowing girls to play. This decision would have barred Fulle from playing in the Little League, since after that season she would be older than the maximum age allowed. meaning the 350-member Little League of Marin County would have no place to play after July 1. At that same meeting, Hurvich threatened to sue the City of Mill Valley to force out the sex-discrimination clause in Mill Valley's Little League so that girls could play that very summer. Their aim, according to Hurvich, was to "get Jenny onto a team this year." Shortly thereafter, the National Little League threatened to disenfranchise the Bears if they let Fulle on the team, at which point Hurvich took the matter to court as promised. On April 10, 1974, Superior Judge Joseph Wilson signed a temporary restraining order stating that the Mill Valley Little League baseball team, the Bears, could not bar Jenny Fulle from membership on account of her gender. He also banned the National Little League from releasing Mill Valley from their charter. After Wilson's judgment, Mill Valley Little League Commissioner, R. Bruce Williams said the organization had "wanted to allow Jenny to play, but we feared that without a court order the National Little League would lift our charter". Wilson's decision solved that problem. Four hours after the judge issued the restraining order, Fulle finally attended practice with the Bears. The decision stated that girls who wanted to play Little League must prove to local team coaches and management that they had "equal competency" with boys "in baseball skills, physical skills and other attributes used as the basis for team selection." In 1975, after Fulle had finished her first and final season of Little League, the Mill Valley American League President Robert Williams remarked that: "It worked out real well last year. It may have been a big thing over nothing... Jenny more than held her own. She was in the upper half of the league when comparing talent." In 2000 Fulle was invited back to Mill Valley to lead the Little League's opening day parade and throw the first ball in celebration of the city's centennial. == Visual effects producer ==